Obsession/Inspiration part 2

If you missed the first part, you can read it here.


So I cried. And obsessed. And spent hours searching on Internet for them. But the more I browsed, the more I was starting to think that maybe the lace-up would not be so flattering on me after all. I am a size 39, so it might look a bit boat shaped. And the shoes cost around 900 Euros, mind you. So it would be a fortune spent to look like a boat. 


But then, brilliance hits me. I was busy preparing this post with the shoe collage at polyvore, when I came across these shoes. Since I am a sucker for pink, obsession turned to inspiration. Two weeks later, this box arrived. 

And inside the pink box, these little baby's had finally come to mama! Comfortable, flattering on the foot and 12 cm high heels made with love. I intend to style them just like Natalia Vodianova did to achieve the same effect. 

And that's how obsession is best used for inspiration. Although I encourage you not to spend so much time of your life over it. 

I know there are quite a few of you that come in and have a peek and I would love to have a sign from you. I suggest minimum three of you leave a comment saying I am crazy. If that happens, I will have a contest with my latest faulty purchase in the blog. 

Now, time for dinner in Paris. Happy Sunday all!

Obsession/Inspiration part 1

Sometimes I get ideas in my head that stick forever and never go away. A long time ago I saw this picture of Natalia Vodianova on the cover of French Grazia wearing a peach and black outfit matched with Giambattista Valli grey python leather sandals. It is the kind of ten pointer I rarely come across, I think because my contemporary style has taught me to mismatch all together whereas my instinctive style leans toward perfect matching. For me, the shoes were a wild and completely fresh and modern take on a very classical outfit. Plus it was a cold color match against warm peachy tones and the harmony was unexpected and exciting 

So the obsession began. I was looking everywhere for similar shoes. However, I had just recently indulged in a pair of python Guccis in a fall color palette and could not motivate myself to the extra splurge, specially since no woman needs to buy to pairs if python shoes in one week.

(I had also bought the bag in an extra crazy spur if the moment)

So the search begun. One year later I find these shoes at cocosa.com. They are out in my size. I cry. To be continued in the next post. 

Spring style: Daytime pumps and playtime sandals

Spring is fast approaching and I feel a sudden urge to brighten up my wardrobe colors, both day and night. I would wear all these amazing shoes, the top ones for work and the bottom ones for after work. The hot pink courts and the beige pumps can both be found at Zara, while the others are in a higher price range. 

I love the ankle cuff sandals that are everywhere this spring. In fact I love them so much I got the bi-colored orange and nude ones from Zara in Berlin. BCBG Max Azria and Asos have a similar style with gold cuffs - great with an all white outfit for warmer days!

When I was browsing for shoes at Polyvore, I just had to stop a while and buy a pair. I will show them in another post because they didn't fit the styles above. 

Are you getting shoes in your Easter eggs?